abstract |
An isolated, substantially homogenous hK2 polypeptide is provided as well as isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding hK2 polypeptide, including (a) a cDNA molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of the coding region of human hK2 gene; (b) a DNA molecule capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions to a molecule of (a); and (c) a genetic variant of any of the DNA molecules of (a) and (b) which encodes of polypeptide processing an antigenic function of naturally occurring polypeptide. |